Saturday, September 25, 2010

China rises and rises, yet still gets foreign aid (AP)

China rises and rises, yet still gets foreign aid (AP)

China rises and rises, yet still gets foreign aid (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:53 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 23, 2010, a security guard stands guard outside a luxury shopping center in downtown Beijing. China, now the world's second largest economy, spent tens of billions of dollars on a dazzling Beijing Olympics in 2008 and has sent astronauts into space. Yet it also remains a major recipient of foreign aid, a fact that a growing number of taxpayers and lawmakers in donor countries are questioning. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China spent tens of billions of dollars on a dazzling 2008 Olympics. It has sent astronauts into space. It recently became the world's second largest economy. Yet it gets more than $2.5 billion a year in foreign government aid — and taxpayers and lawmakers in donor countries are increasingly asking why.

'Extensive' work still needed, says Games chief (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:47 AM PDT

Factfile on the Commonwealth Games being hosted in New Delhi from October 3-14. Extensive work remains to be done on the crisis-hit Delhi Commonwealth Games with barely a week to go, federation chief Mike Fennell said on Saturday, warning of the damage done to India's image.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Extensive work remains to be done on the crisis-hit Delhi Commonwealth Games with barely a week to go, federation chief Mike Fennell said on Saturday, warning of the damage done to India's image.

Alonso edges Vettel to take Singapore pole (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:32 AM PDT

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain waits in the garage for the third practice session for the Formula One's Singapore Grand Prix night race in Singapore. Alonso stormed to pole position for the high-stakes Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday, edging Sebastian Vettel to give his world championship hopes another timely boost.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Ferrari's Fernando Alonso stormed to pole position for the high-stakes Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday, edging Sebastian Vettel to give his world championship hopes another timely boost.

Lee Chong Wei to play Lin Dan in badminton final (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia smashes a shot against Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand during the semi-final match at the Japan Open badminton tournament in Tokyo. Lee won the match 21-13, 21-18.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - World number one and top seed Lee Chong Wei breezed past Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand on Saturday to set up a final showdown with old foe Lin Dan at the Japan Open in Tokyo.

Commonwealth Games head sees improved conditions (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Indian workers paint a wall near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue of the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. With national teams on their way to New Delhi, Commonwealth Games Federation President Mike Fennell said Saturday that India's last-minute push to clean and finish facilities was paying dividends, but much more work remained before the beleaguered sporting event opens in less than a week. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - With athletes trickling into New Delhi on Saturday and cleaning crews rushing to scour their rooms, the Commonwealth Games chief said India was working hard to ensure it is prepared to host the beleaguered sporting event — though much remains to be done.

Wounded in Iraq, double-amputee returns to war (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:08 AM PDT

In this Sept. 14, 2010 photo, U.S. Capt. Dan Luckett, 27, of Norcross, Ga., takes a seat at Combat Outpost Ashoqeh in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. Luckett lost his left leg and part of his right foot in a bomb blast in Iraq in 2008. The Pentagon says 41 American amputee veterans are now serving in combat zones worldwide. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP - When a bomb exploded under Dan Luckett's Army Humvee in Iraq two years ago — blowing off one of his legs and part of his foot — the first thing he thought was: "That's it. You're done. No more Army for you."

Ford to open new engine plant in China (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:08 AM PDT

AP - Ford and Chinese partner, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Ltd., plan to build a $500 million engine plant in China.

No explosives found after Pakistan plane threat (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:07 AM PDT

Reuters - A Pakistan International Airlines plane was diverted to Sweden on Saturday after a bomb threat, but no explosives were found on board or in possession of a Canadian man detained by police and later set free.

Leonardo DiCaprio to help save India's tigers (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:06 AM PDT

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio will put his fame to work to raise global awareness about India's dwindling number of tigers, an official said Saturday.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AFP - Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio will put his fame to work to raise global awareness about India's dwindling number of tigers, an official said Saturday.

India offers talks to defuse Kashmir unrest (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:55 AM PDT

An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard in Srinagar on September 24. The Indian government offered Saturday to hold a AFP - India offered on Saturday to hold talks with Indian Kashmiris and review the heavy security presence in the troubled Himalayan region to end a deadly wave of separatist civilian unrest.

Detainee releases offered to ease Kashmir unrest (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Kashmiris look out from a broken windowpane of their home as an Indian paramilitary soldier patrols during curfew in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Kashmir has been rocked by deadly civil unrest since early June, with more than 100 people killed in protests and clashes with government forces. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - The Indian government said Saturday it will ask authorities to release hundreds of students and youths detained during months of civil unrest that has left at least 107 people dead in Kashmir and review the massive deployment of security forces there.

US wants more aid recognition in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:23 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Aug. 11, 2010, Pakistani volunteers unload food relief from a U.S. Chinook helicopter in flood-affected Swat valley, Pakistan. Concerned that U.S. help to Pakistan is not getting enough recognition, Washington is making a new push to get international aid groups it funds to advertise the fact. But it is meeting resistance from partners worried U.S. branding could prompt Taliban attacks. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)AP - Concerned that U.S. help to Pakistan is not getting enough recognition, Washington is making a new push to get international aid groups it funds to advertise the fact. But it is meeting resistance from partners worried U.S. branding could prompt Taliban attacks.

Group urges Nobel award for Chinese dissident (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 05:04 AM PDT

AP - A group of scholars, writers and lawyers in China is urging that this year's Nobel Peace Prize be awarded to a Chinese dissident jailed for drafting a major call for political reform.

US strategists seek Afghan fixes outside the box (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 04:04 AM PDT

FOR STORY BY KIMBERLY DOZIER SLUGGED AFGHANISTAN RED TEAM -- Members of a U.S. military 'Red Team' gather at a base in Kabul on September 15, 2010. From left to right, are Lt. Col. Bruce Ferrell; SSGT Steven Dietz; Lt. Col. Brian Hammerness; and Lt. Col. Michael McGee. (AP Photo/Ahmad Massoud)AP - On a NATO base in Kabul, a five-member team is rethinking the war in Afghanistan and questioning some of the basic assumptions behind the effort to clean up corruption and gain the upper hand over the Taliban.

NATO: Bomb blasts kill 3 troops, 30 militants die (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:59 AM PDT

An Afghan woman in a burka leads the way past brick ovens in the suburbs of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)AP - Three NATO service members were killed in two bomb blasts and more than 30 insurgents died in a clash with coalition troops in eastern Afghanistan, the military alliance said Saturday.

Officials: Alleged US missiles kill 4 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:52 AM PDT

A Pakistani boy uses a plastic container as a float as he swims in floodwaters in Dari, Sindh province, southern Pakistan on Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. The floods have caused some 8 million people homeless in what Pakistani and U.N. officials have said is one of the largest humanitarian disasters in living memory. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Suspected U.S. missiles targeted a vehicle Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, killing four alleged militants, intelligence officials said. It was the 17th such attack this month — the most intense barrage since the airstrikes began in 2004.

Official Myanmar election campaign begins (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:47 AM PDT

AP - Campaigning has begun in Myanmar for November elections, with state television and radio broadcasting the first officially sanctioned party announcements.

Japan rejects China's demand for apology (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:20 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese fishing boat captain Zhan Qixiong reacts as he leaves Ishigaki airport, Okinawa, Japan early Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010 on a charter flight sent by China. Japan on Saturday morning released the captain involved in a collision near disputed islands, following intense pressure from China in the worst spat between the Asian neighbors in years. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Jianli) ** NO SALES **AP - Japan strongly rejected a Chinese demand on Saturday that it apologize for detaining a Chinese fishing boat captain whose arrest after a collision near disputed islands plunged relations between the two Asian powers to their lowest level in years.

Myanmar: White elephant auspicious for elections (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:57 AM PDT

In this frame grab made off footage of Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) made available on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, a captured rare white elephant, center, walks in Rakhine state, northwestern Myanmar on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Myanmar's state-controlled press has hailed the capture of a rare white elephant Saturday as a good sign for the upcoming elections. It said the 7-foot, 1-inch (216-centimter) tall beast was captured Thursday in Rakhine state and is the fifth such animal caught in a decade. (AP Photo/MRTV)AP - Myanmar's state-controlled media hailed Saturday the capture of a rare white elephant as a positive omen for upcoming elections, the first balloting in two decades in the military-ruled country.

Soyuz capsule undocks from space station (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:15 PM PDT

AP - A manned Soyuz capsule with two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut onboard has successfully undocked from the International Space Station after crew resolved glitches that had prevented departure a day earlier.
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